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Peter Ollier talks to Doron Ben-Meir, CEO of Commercialisation Australia, a government programme to help start-up companies turn their IP into successful businesses

Matías Pérez Irazábal of Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque discusses the efforts of Customs authorities to prevent the commercialisation of counterfeit products

Taiwan's Trademark Export Monitoring System was abolished in July 8 2010. So applications for recording registered trademarks for export monitoring purposes are no longer accepted. However, for trademarks that have been recorded with the authorities, the border protection remains good until expiry of the recorded durational terms thereof.

On April 7 2010, the Court of Appeal of Kuala Lumpur, in delivering its judgment in Taiping Poly (M) Sdn Bhd v Wong Fook Toh & ORS CA (2010 6CLJ 51), drew a distinction between the net loss of profits and the loss of sales, as a result of an infringement and passing off of a trademark.

Generally slogans are considered marketing tools rather than indications of the origin of a good or service, so registering them as trademarks is difficult, and not just in Israel. However, many companies invest considerable resources in developing slogans for branding, and wish to prevent others from using them.

The Indian Trade Marks Rules 2002 were recently amended to adopt the Ninth Edition of Nice Classification, in order to align the trade mark laws in India with the international system. Additional service classes, namely classes 43-45, have been added. The applicants are requested to bring their existing applications in compliance with the new classification. All new applications for classes 43-45 with effect from July 1 2010 will be accepted by the Trade Mark Office in accordance with the new specification of services.

A recent decision (Olivine Industries Pty Ltd v D H Brothers Pty Ltd) by the Zambia Registrar of Trade Marks enunciated her Office's "consistent" but controversial principle that oppositions cannot be based on unregistered marks.

Your brand faces multi-pronged attacks on the internet. Dan Smith and Bonita Trimmer provide a guide to repelling assaults from rivals, counterfeiters and domain name infringers

Today, an industrial design in Canada can be registered in less than 10 months, assuming no major problems are encountered at the examination stage. With recent decreases in filings of design applications, the delay from filing to a first Examiner's Report is quite low – less than four months.

Emma Barraclough, London